We are seeing “cooperation” between international organisations, governments and private companies but “more needs to be done” to tackle human trafficking enabled by forgeries to identity documents. Australian Human Rights Commissioner, Lorraine Finlay calls for coordination of experts in this space to achieve the benefits of biometric technology and understand its limitations, where machine judgement could be better substituted by human judgement.
In this interview, our Editor asked:
- Human trafficking can be enabled by forgeries to identity documents. Are travel authorities, international organisations and the private sector all engaged to tackle fraudulent travel documents?
- Are they utilising biometrics at border checkpoints?
- Is there harmonisation between humans and systems both detecting forgeries?
- Do we need more human resources/training for front line officers?
- What contribution does the Commission make to migration policy to prevent identity fraud? How long will it be until morphed photography used in the passports of criminals cannot be detected?
